What are the methods of handling eels?

Many friends like to talk about how to eat eel, such as roasted eel, eel covered rice, eel tea soaked rice and so on. It's delicious to think about it ~ ~

But for those who love food, is this enough? Don't you want to explore more delicious food ~~~ (suddenly ignited ~~ >_<)

 

Eel is covered in treasure (huh? This is not a UNESCO film yo ~), basically every part is a delicacy.

There are many statements about the pronunciation of "eel" in Japan, among which many people agree that the pronunciation of eel (U NA GI) now comes from [MU NA GI] in ancient books. [MU] means "body" and [NA GI] means "long.

Another saying is that the part of eel's chest is yellow. In Japanese, [chest yellow] is pronounced as [MU NA GI] and then it evolves into the current pronunciation.

 

The fired taste of eel

1

Pu-burned

After the eel is processed, it is roasted on a bamboo stick with a thorn upright, so that the ear of the child and the leaf is very similar, which is why it is named.

At present, the eel meat is made by skewers of bamboo sticks for easy roasting, and it is also painted with sauce.

2

White Burn

No sauce, cooked with mustard, mashed radish and soy sauce as ingredients.

 

Different Cooking Techniques between Kanto and Kansai

The Handle of Kanto Area -- Open Back

After the eel is cut open from the back and cleaned, bake it naturally first. After that, it is steamed and finally baked with sauce.

Why the "back"?

Because of the concentration of samurai in the Kanto region during the Edo period, the culture of samurai is also quite strong. The practice of cutting the abdomen is in contrast to the samurai's [abdominal incision] and is considered very unlucky. In order to avoid this taboo, the cooking people in Kanto usually use the "open back" treatment.

Another reason is that the abdomen of the eel is full of fat oil. In order not to lose the oil, it is not cut from the abdomen of the eel.

Manipulation in Kansai Area -- Laparotomy

After cutting the abdomen of the eel, it is baked directly, with much less steps.

Why "open"?

The Kansai region is mostly business businessmen with a strong business culture. Businessmen pay attention to mutual benefit and openness in doing business. In Japanese, "cut open each other's abdomen" is used as a metaphor for "frank and relative", so cutting the eel from the abdomen is completely in line with the heroic spirit of the Kansai people.